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çç [crowd cheering] >> my name is harry reid. [crowd cheering] >> majority leader of the united states senate. i'm the senator from sensual --h light, nevada it's my pleasure to speak about barack obama a man who has brought character to the presidency. his strength of character leads him to do the right thing even when it isn't the easy thing. some studies shouldn't save detroit but president obama made the stuff and right call to save more than a million american jobs in an important iconic industry. [crowd cheering] some studies should move heaven and earth to get bin laden but president obama made the tough and right call to bring the worst terrorist in the world to justice. some even said he couldn't take on the big banks that brought our economy to its knees. but president obama made the tough and right call so taxpayers will never again been on the hook for wall street's risky bets.çç some study couldn't take on the insurance companies that were ripping us off. but president obama made the tough and right call to save
çç [crowd cheering] >> my name is harry reid. [crowd cheering] >> majority leader of the united states senate. i'm the senator from sensual --h light, nevada it's my pleasure to speak about barack obama a man who has brought character to the presidency. his strength of character leads him to do the right thing even when it isn't the easy thing. some studies shouldn't save detroit but president obama made the stuff and right call to save more than a million american jobs in an...
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. >> and back at the capital the senate's democratic majority leader harry reid and republican minority leader mitch mcconnell offered their takes on the meeting. >> we had a good meeting down at the white house. we are engaged in discussions, the majority leader, myself and the white house, in the hopes that we can come forward as early as sunday and have a recommendation that i can make to my conference and the majority leader can make to his conference. and so we'll be working hard to try to see if we can get there in the next 24 hours. and so i'm hopeful and optimistic. >> whatever we come up with is going to be imperfect. some people aren't going to like it. some people will like it less. but that's where we are. and i feel confident that we have an obligation to do the best we can and that was made very clear. >> brown: house speaker john boehner aides said if the senate passes a bill the house will take it up and either accept or amend it and a short time ago president obama appeared in the white house briefing room with a statement. here is some of what he said. >> we had a cons
. >> and back at the capital the senate's democratic majority leader harry reid and republican minority leader mitch mcconnell offered their takes on the meeting. >> we had a good meeting down at the white house. we are engaged in discussions, the majority leader, myself and the white house, in the hopes that we can come forward as early as sunday and have a recommendation that i can make to my conference and the majority leader can make to his conference. and so we'll be working...
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the senate's democratic majority leader harry reid said voters agreed with the president on raising taxes for wealthier americans. >> the president campaigned around the country saying we know what the problems are with this fiscal problem, we just need some revenue. that was the issue. the mandate was, look at all the exit polls, look at all the polling-- the vast majority of the american people, rich, poor, everybody agrees that the richest of the rich have to help a little bit. >> reporter: republican leaders saw it differently. republican leaders-- led by house speaker john boehner-- suggested a deal was possible, and invited the president to make a proposal. said boehner, "this is your moment. we want you to lead." >> we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. what matters is where the increased revenue comes from and what type of reform comes with it. does the increased revenue come from what the government taking a larger share of what the american people earn through higher tax rates? or does it come from a byproduct of growing our economy energized by a simpl
the senate's democratic majority leader harry reid said voters agreed with the president on raising taxes for wealthier americans. >> the president campaigned around the country saying we know what the problems are with this fiscal problem, we just need some revenue. that was the issue. the mandate was, look at all the exit polls, look at all the polling-- the vast majority of the american people, rich, poor, everybody agrees that the richest of the rich have to help a little bit....
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. >> reporter: but senate majority leader harry reid said republicans in congress should yield to public opinion about tax increases. >> speaker boehner knows or should know that the middle- class tax help that we have to pass would sail through the house of representatives. democrats would overwhelmingly vote for it. i would doubt there could be any democrat that would vote against it. and as we know from the chorus of republicans that are added to every day, more republicans join every day. >> reporter: in fact, new polls show americans do want compromise, and it's the democrats who hold the edge. an nbc/"wall street journal" poll released yesterday shows a majority. 65% say president obama has a mandate on both increasing taxes on the wealthy and reducing federal spending; a similar two- thirds are willing to accept tax increases or cuts in federal government programs to reach a deal. but while public support on taxes is overwhelming, opinion on proposed cuts is less so. a new pew research center poll out today shows: three-quarters said deficit reduction should come from cutting majo
. >> reporter: but senate majority leader harry reid said republicans in congress should yield to public opinion about tax increases. >> speaker boehner knows or should know that the middle- class tax help that we have to pass would sail through the house of representatives. democrats would overwhelmingly vote for it. i would doubt there could be any democrat that would vote against it. and as we know from the chorus of republicans that are added to every day, more republicans join...
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. >> holman: senate majority leader harry reid agreed with that assessment, but he suggested there's a way to recover. >> now, i like john boehner, but gee whiz, this is pretty big political battering he's taken. what he should do is allow a vote in the house of representatives on a bipartisan bill. it will pass. >> holman: the president met this afternoon with reid and spoke with boehner, then came to the white house briefing room. >> in the next few days work towards a package that avoids tax hike on mid class, >> and lays the groundwork for further work on both growth and deficit reduction. that's an achievable goal. that can get done in ten days. >> bayne never >> holman: in his appearance earlier, boehner, flanked by majority leader eric cantor, sounded doubtful, but said he's willing to try. >> how we get there, god only knows. all i'm telling you is that eric and i, and our team here are committed to working with our colleagues on both sides of the aisle, both sides of the capitol, and the white house to address that. >> holman: still, as the capitol emptied for the holiday, t
. >> holman: senate majority leader harry reid agreed with that assessment, but he suggested there's a way to recover. >> now, i like john boehner, but gee whiz, this is pretty big political battering he's taken. what he should do is allow a vote in the house of representatives on a bipartisan bill. it will pass. >> holman: the president met this afternoon with reid and spoke with boehner, then came to the white house briefing room. >> in the next few days work towards a...
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reid, the majority leader. and have been so incredibly productive and coop rattive and collegial that it is probably-- they'll probably have it before ten minutes. i think there is a good chance. >> woodruff: we could start the champagne early. but the reality 500 million in tax cuts and spending cuts and tax increases on the negative side impact on this, in g-- i think they will. >> the action is all in the senate,s that sha did --. >> i don't know why that is that is what people have decide. one of the things that struck me and i think mark too about the president's press conference, if he saying oh these politicians in washington, they're squabbling. i should write a letter to the white house and find out who is in charge. it happens to be you, mr. president, you are sort of involved here. so to me if i have to talk about the flaws of each side, the president still is sort of oh, those politician should figure it occupant. the republicans have a larger problem, a freudian problem wa, do republicans want. it'
reid, the majority leader. and have been so incredibly productive and coop rattive and collegial that it is probably-- they'll probably have it before ten minutes. i think there is a good chance. >> woodruff: we could start the champagne early. but the reality 500 million in tax cuts and spending cuts and tax increases on the negative side impact on this, in g-- i think they will. >> the action is all in the senate,s that sha did --. >> i don't know why that is that is what...
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she ran against harry reid and helped much to the republicans disclosure, harry reid get re-elected but she's still popular with a certain tea party contingent here. she's going to try to boost santorum. it's not going to help him much. he has little chance here. he knows t he has only made token appearance. newt gingrich has been here for three or four days and has been campaigning. i interviewed him for my program tonight. he seems to think that he is going to survive. he keeps saying the same thing, he's in this for the long haul but he has no organization whatsoever in the state so whatever percentage he gets, and he's second in the polls, judy, is going to be just for the enthusiasm for the anyone but romney contingent. ron paul i think is the real x factor here though judy. he came in second in 2008. a distant second to romney it was 51% to 14%. but his folks are more organized this time. and i think he may not be showing up in the polls the way that he should. he's been third and fourth in a couple of polls that have been taken. i think he's got hidden strength. and i know this i
she ran against harry reid and helped much to the republicans disclosure, harry reid get re-elected but she's still popular with a certain tea party contingent here. she's going to try to boost santorum. it's not going to help him much. he has little chance here. he knows t he has only made token appearance. newt gingrich has been here for three or four days and has been campaigning. i interviewed him for my program tonight. he seems to think that he is going to survive. he keeps saying the...
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of course, this is senate majority harry reid's state. he workd very hard to be re-elected a couple years ago. he's been working hard for berkeley. appears to have a very narrow advantage because he has made the race about congresswoman berkeley and about an ethics charge involving her and her husband in financial been its a fascinating race in a state that is one of the swing states in the presidential election. >> brown: briefly on the house side because won't go through all of those. thematically is there one thing you're looking for or a race that you want to call our attention to. >> redistricting matters. in particular, it matters who controls the state legislature. a lot of these states many of them control who draws the lines. the republicans were able to make a lot of very key smart moves for their party to be able to draw the lines to be more favorable to them. north carolina is is a state we're watching very closely. a lot of the democrats there, the democratic seats could flip there which puts that number that stu was mentioni
of course, this is senate majority harry reid's state. he workd very hard to be re-elected a couple years ago. he's been working hard for berkeley. appears to have a very narrow advantage because he has made the race about congresswoman berkeley and about an ethics charge involving her and her husband in financial been its a fascinating race in a state that is one of the swing states in the presidential election. >> brown: briefly on the house side because won't go through all of those....
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. >> sreenivasan: the senate's democratic majority leader harry reid has charged that romney paid no taxes in some years. romney said today that's totally false. baby boomers are being urged to get tested for the hepatitis "c" virus. the centers for disease control recommended the one-time blood test today for all americans born between 1945 and 1965. they account for some two-thirds of the three million americans who have the virus. hepatitis "c" is most often spread through shared drug needles or during blood transfusions. it kills more than 15,000 americans every year. wall street took heart today from a jump in building permits in july and some upbeat corporate earnings. the dow jones industrial average gained 85 points to close at 13,250. the nasdaq rose 31 points to close at 3062. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy... >> woodruff: and to the international tug-of-war over wikileaks founder julian assange. in 2010 his organization began publishing huge troves of u.s. diplomatic and military documents. there have been calls to prosecute him here. separate
. >> sreenivasan: the senate's democratic majority leader harry reid has charged that romney paid no taxes in some years. romney said today that's totally false. baby boomers are being urged to get tested for the hepatitis "c" virus. the centers for disease control recommended the one-time blood test today for all americans born between 1945 and 1965. they account for some two-thirds of the three million americans who have the virus. hepatitis "c" is most often spread...
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nationwide in 2008 may have a slight edge in nevada because of the work done by senate majority leader harry reid's come-from-behind campaign in 2010. >> he managed to get the endorsement of a very prominent filipino boxer. he was able they believe to bring votes to bear because of his prominence and almost status as an idol in the filipino community. >> sreenivasan: senator reed still writes an occasional column for the asian journal newspaper. in 2008 democratic supporters of president obama were buying full page ads in this campaign while the mccain campaign did not buy any. >> my parents are so proud of the work i'm doing for the campaign. >> reporter: this year the obama campaign has launched an initiative online. >> asian americans will once again be an important part of the program here in nevada. >> sreenivasan: and at all centers like this. how long have you been at this reaching out to asian communities specifically here in nevada? >> i would say about a year-and-a-half now. >> sreenivasan: a year-and-a-half you've been reaching out to fellow asians in nevada. >> chinese and my eth
nationwide in 2008 may have a slight edge in nevada because of the work done by senate majority leader harry reid's come-from-behind campaign in 2010. >> he managed to get the endorsement of a very prominent filipino boxer. he was able they believe to bring votes to bear because of his prominence and almost status as an idol in the filipino community. >> sreenivasan: senator reed still writes an occasional column for the asian journal newspaper. in 2008 democratic supporters of...
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. >> reporter: back in washington, the senate's democratic majority leader harry reid insisted republican leaders aren't speaking for their followers. >> the only people in the country, the only republicans in the country that don't support this are people in the republican congress. republicans in the country think it's a fair thing to do, that the rich should contribute a little bit to solving the problems we have in this country. >> reporter: as the debate cranks up, president obama will stay on the road tonight, leaving snowy iowa for arizona, on a three-day tour of five battleground states. >> ifill: now, where the president's state of the union speech hit and missed the mark. glenn kessler writes the factcheck column for the "washington post." he joins me now. so, glenn, these big speeches to joint sessions of congress are by definition full of glittering political generalities. how do you tell... how do you begin to measure what's true and what's not? >> well, i take what the president says or what any speaker like that, particularly if they throw out facts and figures i try to go
. >> reporter: back in washington, the senate's democratic majority leader harry reid insisted republican leaders aren't speaking for their followers. >> the only people in the country, the only republicans in the country that don't support this are people in the republican congress. republicans in the country think it's a fair thing to do, that the rich should contribute a little bit to solving the problems we have in this country. >> reporter: as the debate cranks up,...
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. >> suarez: democratic majority leader harry reid urged the opposition to be open to the president's ideas. >> for three years the president has reached out to republicans. now is the time to work with him on common ideas to boost legislation not stalemate. i ask my republican colleagues to give his bipartisan vision the consideration it deserves. >> suarez: the men who want mr. obama's job charge there's nothing bipartisan about the president's plan. republicans mitt romney annuity gingrich spoke at separate events in florida. >> tonight we're also going to get treated to more divisive rhetoric from a desperate campaigner-in-chief. it's shameful for a president to use the state of the union to divide our nation. >> tonight the president will explain that it was all george w. bush's fault. (laughing) this is the fourth year of his presidency. he needs to get over it. >> the president himself goes on the road tomorrow to make his case. he'll campaign in five swing states over the next few days. >> ifill: we get more on the president's speech and his election year agenda from white hou
. >> suarez: democratic majority leader harry reid urged the opposition to be open to the president's ideas. >> for three years the president has reached out to republicans. now is the time to work with him on common ideas to boost legislation not stalemate. i ask my republican colleagues to give his bipartisan vision the consideration it deserves. >> suarez: the men who want mr. obama's job charge there's nothing bipartisan about the president's plan. republicans mitt romney...
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or the president and harry reid or but it's got to be republicans in the. >>. it's got to be democrats in the house. >> woodruff: basically saying we'll let the bush tax cuts expire for the middle class and everybody. >> let them go up, and then you come in and you are writing a tax cut even if it does close a lot of loopholes and bob corker made the point, although it's not enough to raise revenues, but you make people, the high income choose what they want in the way of their tax expenditures. th want to give it all to the universities, their alma mater, they want to give it to medical science, charitable form, or the church or do they want to, you know, buy that new mitt romney house on the west coast. >> one point that will be germane to viewers. one of the likely way to close loopholes you don't people which loophole you will close. you say you can deduct up to this amount. >> that's right. >> so my big fear is people will take the mortgage deduction but they will be no money left over for the charitable deduction. and charitable giving, to pbs will just p
or the president and harry reid or but it's got to be republicans in the. >>. it's got to be democrats in the house. >> woodruff: basically saying we'll let the bush tax cuts expire for the middle class and everybody. >> let them go up, and then you come in and you are writing a tax cut even if it does close a lot of loopholes and bob corker made the point, although it's not enough to raise revenues, but you make people, the high income choose what they want in the way of...